Half to james hunter



(No Model.)

P. G. WINNEK.

SAFETY HAIR BRAID PIN. No. 387,611. Patented Aug. 7, 1888.

WITNESSES vnzws, Phmo-hlhcgrzphen Wahmikm, o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

FREDERICK G. \VINNEK, OF LEAVEN\VORTH, KANSAS, ASSTGNOR ()F UNF- HALF TOJAMES HUNTER, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY HAIR-BRAID PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 387,611, dated August7, 1888.

Serial No. 258.695. (No modeh) To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FREDERICK G. \VINMJK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State ofKansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Hair-BraidPins, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement is a spring-pin specially adapted to prevent theunbraiding and the loss IQ of the ribbon braid-tie worn by girls at theend of the hair-braid.

In braiding girls hair it is usual to tie the braid at the end and thento tie the ribbon on it in a knot with a how. The ribbon is liable 5 toslip off and the hair to become unbraided. I provide a pin which bothfastens the braid and the ribbon and forms a braid ornament, as shown inthe drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the end of a braid with theribbon tied thereon and fastened by my improved springpin. Fig. 2 showsthe springpin in closed and in open position. Fig. 3 shows sectionalviews, and Fig. 4 shows the manner of eyeleting the pin-shanks to thespring.

The pin consists of two pieces of wire, each preferably bent to form twoparallel pins, 14, eachtcrminatingin a rightangled pin-point, I. Thesepin parts are connected at their shank ends, so that their rightangledpinpoints will stand toward each other, such connection being made by aspring, 0, which forms a hinge, and in its normal position will retainthe pinpoints in lapping relation. I prefer to use a coil-spring, theends of which I attach to the pinshanks by eyelets (Z in the manner ofeye lctingpapers. The eyelet seatsI make in thin sheet metal, (2, whichIcrimp ox'cr the bent shank ends ofthe pins. The ends ofthe spring areformed with eyes f, to receive the eyelets (I, and the metal seats (1are formed with holes to receive said eyelets, so that when the metalseats are crimped over the pinshanks the spring is eyelcted to the seatsbetween the shanks. The shank ends of the pin parts are so bent as tocause them to stand flaring in the normal position of the pin-points, sothat in applying the pin the shank ends are pressed together by thethumb and finger to open the pin-points to receive the braid and itsribbon tie. The spring closes the pin, so thatit pierces the ribbon andthe braid at their opposite sides and fastens them together and forms anornament to the braid, and for this purpose it.

may be made of any desired finish and style.

Each pin part may form a single pin-point, having a bent shank for theeyeletscat.

I claim The spring-pin herein described, consisting of the pin parts,each having a bent shank and a right-angled pinpoint, each shank endhaving an eyeletseat, a spring, and the eyelets fastening the spring andthe pin parts, in the manner shown and described.

In testimony whereof I haveherennto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

\VINNEK.

